Release Notes

● You are part of an Active Directory group, which is in turn part of another group.
● You launch Server Administrator using the desktop icon and Single Sign-on is enabled. [167801]
Issue 6:
Description: If the CPU throttles, the following message is displayed in the Hardware System Event Log (SEL) with an unknown
severity:
● System Board Power Optimized: Performance status sensor for System Board, unknown event. This would be displayed in
the Hardware Logs tab when you select the system in the Devices view. [175331]
Issue 7:
Description: If after reboot, DSM Essentials Network Monitor or DSM Essentials Task Manager services do not start
automatically, you have to manually start those.
Issue 8:
Description: The Contact Information for a device may display the firmware version instead of the technical support contact
information.
Issue 9:
Description: Dell EMC Force10 devices display MAC address for ports that are not configured under NIC Information instead of
N/A.
Issue 10:
Description: OpenManage Essentials may not display the correct warranty date and time of the device. It displays the warranty
date and time based on:
● The warranty start time.
● The location of the managed server or the request originator.
Issue 11:
Description: The warranty information (including expired and renewed) displayed in OpenManage Essentials for a particular
Service Tag, may not match with the warranty record displayed at support.dell.com. The service level code and model name of
a warranty record displayed at support.dell.com may not exactly match with the OpenManage Essentials warranty report.
[44410]
Issue 12:
Description: If OpenManage Essentials uses the WMI protocol to discover a server, the RAC information table is not displayed.
Issue 13:
Description: Warranty information will not be displayed for all devices that do not display the Service Tag in the OpenManage
Essentials console.
Issue 14:
Description: OpenManage Essentials displays power supply health as Normal when a redundant power supply has lost AC power
source.
Resolution: This is the issue with Server Administrator version 6.x. To avoid this issue, install/upgrade to Server Administrator
version 7.0 or higher.
Issue 15:
Description: After the SNMP feature is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012, the Windows Event
Viewer logs an Error with Source: SNMP and Event ID: 1500, under Windows Logs-> System. This SNMP error is also logged
whenever the SNMP Service is started. This SNMP error has been determined not to have any influence on the operation of
SNMP or the system, and can be ignored. For more information, see the Microsoft knowledgebase article 200203 at
support.microsoft.com. [28951]
Issue 16:
Description: On a domain controller (DC) or a system that is part of a domain, only The Administrator user can repair Essentials
using the Repair option available in the Uninstall or change a program window. Domain Admins or Enterprise Admins cannot
repair Essentials using the Repair option. However, they can repair Essentials by launching the Essentials installer, and then
selecting the Repair option. [31061]
Issue 17:
Description: REST API call to Dell's 11th generation of PowerEdge servers discovered in OpenManage Essentials using SNMP
protocol does not provide the System ID attribute. [61502]
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